Denver Mural & Public Art Map

RiNo

A massive mural at 2550 Larimer Street featuring hundreds of signature half-closed, drowsy eyeballs in orange, blue, and red. The hypnotic, mesmerizing field of staring eyes in stencil style is one of Denver's most photographed street artworks.

North Park Hill

A vibrant mural at Axum Park in North Park Hill celebrating the cultural connection between Denver and its Ethiopian sister city of Axum. Features bold colors and community-oriented imagery.

Baker

An informal trail of street art and murals along South Broadway and the Baker neighborhood, featuring rotating works by venues like Mutiny Information Cafe. Ranges from whimsical portraits to large-scale graphic art on storefronts.

Capitol Hill

A vibrant mural on the east-facing wall of Bella Vista Mexican Restaurant at 127 East 20th Avenue in Capitol Hill. Showcases Gamma Acosta's bold graffiti-influenced style with vivid colors and graphic forms.

Country Club

A three-tiered marble fountain with carved lions resting on the first tier. Originally designed for the Belmar estate of May Bonfils-Stanton, relocated to Hungarian Freedom Park on Speer Boulevard after the estate was demolished.

Berkeley

A mural at Berkeley Pool depicting the neighborhood's history and evolving character, created in collaboration with local seniors whose memories were incorporated into realistic scenes of the past.

Civic Center

A 40-foot tall sculpture of an oversized broom and dustpan rendered at monumental scale. The bright yellow dustpan sweeps upward in a graceful arc while the broom's bristles splay out dramatically, transforming mundane household objects into whimsical Pop Art.

Sun Valley

Three distinct mixed-media structures combining ceramic elements, wooden components, and painted surfaces. The whimsical sculptures reference domestic architectural forms — a bird house, a light house, and a tree house.

RiNo

A whimsical cartoon-style mural featuring Birdcap's signature zany characters and playful doughnut imagery at Improper City in RiNo. Bright colors and childlike imagination influenced by international cartoons and pop culture.

DIA

A 32-foot tall fiberglass mustang rearing up on its hind legs, painted a vivid electric blue with bulging veins visible across its muscular body. The horse's eyes glow an intense red from LED lighting, giving it a demonic appearance that earned it the nickname 'Blucifer.'

Five Points

A large-scale portrait mural of Breonna Taylor at 2811 Walnut Street, depicting the 26-year-old EMT engulfed by vivid red roses. Created as part of the 'Spray Their Name' series in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Globeville

A brightly colored mural spanning 32 columns and walls of the 47th and York Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge. The chromatic blending of paint colors symbolizes different cultural identities working together in Globeville and Elyria-Swansea.

Civic Center

A dynamic bronze sculpture depicting a cowboy astride a bucking bronco, capturing the raw energy and danger of rodeo bronc riding. The rider leans back with one arm raised for balance as the horse rears upward with legs splayed.

Sunnyside

A vibrant mural depicting Mestizo people throughout history, celebrating the mixed Indigenous and Spanish heritage of the community. Located at the Denver Human Services building in Sunnyside.

RiNo

A sprawling collection of large-scale murals covering warehouse walls and alleyways throughout Denver's RiNo Art District, created during the annual CRUSH Walls festival. Features bold, colorful street art by over 100 international and local artists.

DIA

A large-scale two-part mural at Denver International Airport depicting contrasting scenes of war and peace. One panel shows the devastation of war; the opposing panel portrays children from diverse cultures gathering joyfully to celebrate peace and unity.

City Park

A marble fountain in City Park featuring three frogs, originally cast entirely in marble and later recreated in bronze. Restored in 1948 by sculptor Gladis Coldwell-Fisher using casts from her own children.

Capitol Hill

A collection of large-scale murals adorning a converted car wash at 1175 East Colfax Avenue and surrounding buildings. The interior features work by prominent graffiti artists while the exterior showcases fifteen artists with vibrant street art.

Sloan Lake

A weathering steel sculpture in the form of the letter 'C' at Sloan's Lake Playground, adorned with glazed ceramic tiles depicting wildlife, human scenes, and words contributed by local residents.

Auraria

A monumental mural under Speer Boulevard depicting 12 gigantic faces wearing mirrored sunglasses that reflect Denver's history — from teepees to the modern skyline. Painted with the help of 50 high school students.

Congress Park

Three hand-painted stainless-steel sculptures at Congress Park Playground, each celebrating connections between celestial constellations and terrestrial animals — bear (Ursa Major), crane (Grus), and fox (Vulpecula).

Five Points

A large acrylic mural celebrating athletic excellence, featuring dynamic portraits of famous athletes including Babe Ruth, Chris Evert, Wilt Chamberlain, Muhammad Ali, John Elway, and Wilma Rudolph in a vibrant illustrative style.

Five Points

A vibrant mural in the alleyway between 26th and 27th on Larimer Street, marking the origins of the Crush mural series that transformed RiNo into one of Denver's premier street art destinations.

Central Business District

A 60-foot tall sculpture of two elongated human figures dancing together, their thin limbs intertwined in a dynamic pose of movement. The towering white fiberglass figures rise above the Denver Performing Arts Complex, serving as a visual gateway to the cultural campus.

City Park

Two monumental figurative sculpture groups atop 40-foot tall Doric columns at the City Park Esplanade entrance. One side depicts Mining, the other Agriculture — Colorado's two founding industries. Also includes sweeping 300-foot terra cotta walls.

City Park West

A colorful mural on 1919 E. Colfax Ave celebrating the Denver Nuggets' 2022-2023 NBA championship, featuring portraits of Jokic, Murray, Gordon, Porter Jr., Braun, and Brown with championship lettering.

Cole

A painted wood mural at the St. Charles Recreation Center depicting drums and cultural imagery conveying themes of peace and dignity. Created through a youth art program in Denver's Cole neighborhood.

Civic Center

A large bronze eagle sculpture perched atop the Denver City and County Building with wings partially spread, serving as a prominent architectural ornament crowning the historic municipal building in Civic Center.

City Park

A curved granite bench approximately 15 feet long with pedestals at each end and a central granite pedestal supporting a bronze sundial platform. A small nude bronze figure stands at the back with arms outstretched.

Civic Center

A mural painting at the Voorhies Memorial in Civic Center Park depicting a herd of elk and a buffalo in a Colorado landscape. Part of Allen True's series of frontier-themed murals.

Five Points

A bold mural at Mestizo-Curtis Park in Five Points depicting four large faces representing a diverse group of people, each wearing sunglasses that symbolize unity. The louvered windows are creatively adapted into the sunglasses design.

Five Points

A colorful mural at St. Charles Recreation Center in Five Points celebrating family togetherness and community recreation. Features warm imagery of people engaging in communal activities.

Five Points

A public art installation at 2835 Welton Street using apple trees and painted steel tree sculptures as a tool for sustainable graffiti prevention and community engagement in the Five Points neighborhood.

Five Points

A vibrant mural celebrating the jazz heritage of Denver's Five Points neighborhood, historically known as the 'Harlem of the West.' Depicts jazz musicians and cultural imagery honoring the neighborhood's rich African American musical legacy.

Congress Park

A contemporary wind harp sculpture crafted from steel, wire, and titanium that produces ethereal harmonic tones when the wind passes through it. The flame-like form in Congress Park is a metaphor for harmony and compassion.

Sunnyside

A mural depicting an eagle dancer in flight, drawing on Indigenous and Chicano cultural imagery. Located at the Aztlan Recreation Center, it celebrates Native ceremonial dance traditions with dynamic movement and vivid colors.

Civic Center

A 22-foot-tall powder-coated stainless steel sculpture in vivid pink, inspired by Meso-American Xicalcoliuhqui and Greek Key glyphs. The bold geometric presence stands at the entrance to the Denver Art Museum's Ponti building.

RiNo

A mural featuring stylized wildlife rendered in Jaime Molina's signature geometric patterns and muted color palette, blending folk art influences with contemporary design. The angular forms create a narrative world called 'Cuttytown.'

Elyria-Swansea

A vibrant aerosol paint mural at 46th Avenue and Lincoln Street featuring farm workers and families, celebrating the agricultural heritage and resilience of the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood.

Westwood

A colorful mural at 3600 Morrison Road in Westwood depicting the cultural ritual of sharing tea. Created by first-generation Cambodian American artist Ratha Sok, blending street art techniques with traditional imagery.

LoDo

A 9-by-20-foot postcard-style mural at 1695 Platte Street spelling out 'DENVER' in large vintage-inspired letters, each filled with local iconography including the skyline, Rocky Mountains, and Union Station. One of Denver's most popular photo destinations.

Highland

A collection of murals and street art along the Highland Pedestrian Bridge corridor connecting LoHi and Downtown Denver across I-25. The art-filled passageways feature colorful murals telling stories of resilience and creativity.

Central Business District

A 40-foot tall bright blue bear sculpture peering through the glass windows of the Colorado Convention Center. The stylized, cartoonish bear stands upright on its hind legs with its front paws pressed against the building's facade, appearing curious and playful.

Clayton

A large-scale spray-painted mural on the Eastside Human Services Building in Clayton, created collaboratively by Guerrilla Garden artists OMNI and Jolt. Features vivid colors and stylized lettering with layered elements.

Central Business District

A large-scale Corten steel sculpture featuring sweeping curved forms embodying mathematically indeterminate lines. The rusted steel arcs introduce elements of chance and unpredictability outside the Colorado Convention Center.

Baker

A striking mural depicting a wise Mayan warrior before a pre-Columbian city. Created in just three days with five youth participants from the Juvenile Diversion Program, demonstrating street art as a positive creative outlet.

Hilltop

A swooping, serpentine painted steel sculpture measuring 30 feet long and 11 feet tall, with dynamic curving forms that evoke the improvisational energy of jazz music. A bold, colorful focal point in Burns Park.

RiNo

A large-scale spray-painted portrait of Jimi Hendrix in Denver's RiNo Art District, rendered in Detour's signature photorealistic style with bold pops of yellows, purples, blues, and pinks. Captures the likeness and spirit of the legendary guitarist.

City Park

A monumental bronze and marble memorial in City Park featuring a central robed female figure representing Colorado holding a sword and shield. Three surrounding bronze groupings symbolize Loyalty, Learning, and Love.

DIA

An installation of 5,280 reflective stainless steel propellers spanning the mile-long train tunnel at Denver International Airport. The propellers change configurations as trains pass, activated by light and wind.

La Alma/Lincoln Park

A landmark Chicano mural at La Alma Recreation Center depicting the soul of Denver's Westside community. The sun radiates behind a skyline while an eagle embraces two female faces, with symbols of youth, Mestizo identity, and eternal flames.

Baker

A large-scale mural exploring the philosophical concept of La Raza Cosmica by Jose Vasconcelos, depicting the convergence of ethnic groups. Multiple figures are shown alongside an ocean extending into celestial space, representing universal human unity.

RiNo

An optical illusion mural painted on concrete fins protruding from a building on Larimer Street. When viewed from one direction it reveals a surprised boy; from the opposite direction, a saddened girl. One of RiNo's most sophisticated murals.

Auraria

A pair of painted steel gate standards surmounted by silhouettes of children in leaping poses. The colorful sculptural gates stand at Speer Boulevard and Wewatta Street, framing the passage into the Auraria neighborhood.

College View/South Platte

A colorful acrylic and aerosol mural at the College View Community Center created through collaborative youth workshops. Celebrates vitality, creative expression, and Mexican cultural heritage through bold imagery.

RiNo

A vibrant mural featuring the words 'Love This City' alongside geometric hearts and bird symbols in bold, saturated colors. One of Denver's most photographed pieces of street art, with hearts representing layers of love and birds symbolizing freedom.

DIA

A 27-foot-tall sculpture featuring 952 prismatic clear acrylic rods radiating from a stainless-steel geodesic sphere atop a tripod. The rods reflect sunlight by day and illuminate with color-changing LEDs at night, responsive to wind patterns.

Sloan Lake

A steel outdoor sculpture at Sloan's Lake Park honoring the natural world through symbolic forms evoking the profile of a prehistoric fertility goddess. Incorporates cycles found in nature with a playful spinning element.

Stapleton

A triptych featuring bold lines, vibrant color, and dynamic movement, created for a children's corner. Celebrates the legacy of Ms. Pauline and how reading enriches lives across generations.

Highland

A 20-foot translucent obelisk standing near the Highline Pedestrian Bridge in Denver's Highland neighborhood. Constructed by filling nylon with sand and coating it in resin, then draining the sand to create a glowing hollow shell, internally lit by compact fluorescent lights.

RiNo

A large-scale portrait mural of a Native woman rendered in Detour's distinctive hyperrealistic spray paint style with bold yellows, purples, blues, and pinks. Conveys dignity and cultural pride on a massive outdoor wall in the RiNo Art District.

City Park

A fountain featuring two playful bronze seals at the Denver Zoo. Also known as the Seal Fountain, the sculpture depicts the marine mammals in naturalistic poses as water flows around them.

DIA

Two cast bronze gargoyle sculptures seated inside marble suitcases in the baggage claim areas at Denver International Airport. Each roughly the size of a fifth-grade boy, they serve as whimsical guardians watching over luggage.

Central Business District

A large bronze bell mounted on a concrete pedestal at 14th and Larimer streets. The only surviving relic of Denver's original City Hall (built 1883, demolished 1936), bearing the inscription 'The E. Howard Clock Co., Boston - New York - Chicago. 1906.'

Civic Center

A monumental bronze sculpture of a Native American warrior riding bareback on a horse, holding a spear aloft. The figure was modeled after real Indigenous men including Jackson Sundown (Nez Perce) and Gray Eagle (Blackfoot).

Green Valley Ranch

A dynamic, colorful fiberglass sculpture functioning as both public art and interactive street furniture at the Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center. Inspired by the shape and colors of a shooting star across a Colorado evening sky.

Lincoln Park

A 20-foot mural blending Chicano cultural history across three temporal themes: past, present, and future. The composition depicts a history of everyman spanning from Aztec empires through Spanish colonialism to contemporary identity.

Civic Center

A grand bronze and granite fountain featuring a figure of frontiersman Kit Carson mounted on horseback atop a tall pedestal, with decorative elements including a cornucopia and shield at the base. Dedicated in 1911 as a tribute to Colorado's pioneer heritage.

Northeast Park Hill

A community art project at Holly Square that transformed 22,000 square feet of concrete into a gathering space with six large-scale murals, three basketball courts, and twelve steel peace columns. Blessed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum.

Central Business District

A series of bronze sculptures installed along Skyline Park at 18th Street and Arapahoe. Cast from original cardboard forms, the organic, curving shapes reference simple cylinders and circles symbolic of human forms and the natural world.

Five Points

A large acrylic mural beneath the 38th and I-25 underpass featuring poetry by Ted Vaca: 'Denver, Queen City of the Plains. Lift our high spirits, sing well our praise.' Created with students from Emily Griffith High School.

Sun Valley

A vibrant aerosol paint mural on the Federal Boulevard bridge, designed to be visible to RTD Light Rail commuters at Decatur Station. Showcases the graffiti-influenced style of Guerrilla Garden, Denver's oldest mural company.

Globeville

A 25-foot-tall participatory steel structure featuring four cantilevered walls evoking a barn raising, with hanging seats for flexible gathering. The painted roof by muralist Bimmer Torres celebrates the cultural heritage of Globeville-Elyria-Swansea.

Civic Center

A pair of larger-than-life bronze Scottish Angus cattle — a thirteen-foot tall cow and a ten-foot tall calf — standing behind the Denver Art Museum's Hamilton Building. The sculptures capture the shaggy coats and sturdy build of the Highland breed with realistic detail.

Civic Center

A large fountain in Civic Center Park featuring two bronze sea lions ridden by cherubs, facing each other from opposite sides of a 60-by-30-foot pool. The playful figures rise from the water on ornamental pedestals.

Central Business District

Twelve oval-shaped granite seating stones, each standing two feet high, arranged in casual groupings outside the Colorado Convention Center. The warm pink stones speckled with black and gray provide organic forms contrasting with the angular architecture.

Valverde

A 25-foot tall dog sculpture at Denver's Municipal Animal Shelter, constructed from structural steel overlaid with more than 90,000 individual stainless steel pet tags that shimmer in the sunlight. The tags symbolize the thousands of pet adoptions that occur each year.

Montbello

A large-scale interactive steel sculpture featuring oversized horseshoe forms with cutout spaces for sitting and talking tubes. Invites visitors to communicate through built-in speaking tubes, functioning as both artwork and gathering space.

Central Business District

A granite and bronze horse watering trough and fountain, one of approximately 125 distributed to cities nationwide by the National Humane Alliance between 1906 and 1912. Features carved basins at multiple heights to serve horses, dogs, and people.

Globeville

A vibrant aerosol mural spanning the Globeville Pool building at 4700 Logan Street. Exterior walls feature Aztec motifs while interior pool areas showcase whimsical ocean scenes with colorful sea creatures.

Civic Center

A mural painting in Civic Center Park depicting a man panning for gold, representing Denver's gold rush heritage. Part of the Voorhies Memorial colonnade murals painted on concrete with oil paint.

RiNo

A large-scale hyperrealistic rhinoceros mural in Denver's RiNo Art District, playing on the neighborhood's abbreviated name. The spray-painted piece showcases photorealistic rendering with vivid colors and abstract background elements.

Civic Center

A mural painting in Civic Center Park depicting a fur trapper on horseback, evoking Denver's early frontier history. Part of the Voorhies Memorial colonnade murals alongside companion works by Allen True.

Civic Center

A whimsical sculpture featuring a life-sized fiberglass horse standing atop a 20-foot tall red steel chair outside the Denver Public Library's Children's Wing. Voted Denver's favorite sculpture, the dramatic juxtaposition of scale creates a surreal, Gulliver's Travels-like effect.

La Alma/Lincoln Park

A Chicano mural by pioneering Denver muralist Emanuel Martinez in the Santa Fe Art District, depicting themes of cultural heritage and the passage of time. Draws on pre-Columbian symbolism and Chicano movement imagery.

Central Park

Two large-scale painted murals at the Roslyn Administration Building depicting aerial views of Denver and the Rocky Mountains. The paintings function as panoramic windows evoking the spaciousness of Colorado's landscape.

Westwood

A vibrant mural depicting an Aztec figure rendered in acrylic paint on a building wall at 4171 Morrison Road. Represents indigenous cultural imagery in Denver's Westwood neighborhood.

West Colfax

A monochromatic mural spanning east and west walls at Colfax and Zenobia Street, featuring black and white figures both real and fantastical, attempting to capture the universal spirit of Colfax Avenue.

Platt Park

A trompe-l'oeil mural at 1487 S. Broadway depicting an interior studio scene viewed as if looking into a gallery space, with a figure engaged in the act of painting. The meta-artistic composition celebrates the creative process itself.

Cherry Creek

Two large red abstract U-shaped steel forms arranged in perpendicular fashion, mirroring each other. Created during the 1960s Denver Sculpture Symposium, the bold geometric forms stand out against the park landscape.

City Park West

A kinetic sculpture featuring six colorful discs suspended on a steel cable between two polished stainless steel poles. The discs spin at different speeds and directions on fitted bearings, reflecting the moving energy of Colfax Avenue.

Villa Park

A retro-styled gateway sign with a flagstone base and steel cutout silhouettes of cottages, evoking nostalgic Americana. Serves as a neighborhood marker at 8th Avenue and Grove Street reflecting pop imagery and conceptual humor.

Jefferson Park

A series of large river boulders with minimal carvings of native animals, arranged to invite children to use their imagination. Set within Gates Crescent Park near the Children's Museum, evoking the South Platte River corridor.

RiNo

A large-scale serape-inspired mural covering the entire entryway corridor of Mission Ballroom in RiNo. Painted stripes in vibrant fractal colors spiral inward creating a warp-speed vortex effect referencing traditional Mexican serape patterns.

Congress Park

An 8-by-6-foot mural on a brick structure near Congress Park Public Swimming Pool depicting children enjoying water and field sports. Part of a series of playful, community-oriented murals at the facility.

North Park Hill

A large-scale community mural at 38th and Steel Street in North Park Hill, created with Denver Public School educators. Features bold imagery centered on growth, community empowerment, and social transformation.

Five Points

A series of large-scale portrait murals along Welton Street in Five Points depicting iconic Black cultural figures including Charles Burrell, India Arie, Madame CJ Walker, and John Mosley. Celebrates the neighborhood's 'Harlem of the West' heritage.

Westwood

A series of colorful community murals along Morrison Road in Denver's Westwood Creative District, celebrating the neighborhood's Mexican-American roots and Hispanic heritage on building walls, electrical boxes, and public surfaces.

Civic Center

A circular arrangement of ten tall red metal poles topped with abstract bird sculptures, symbolizing the Big Horn Medicine Wheel. Astronomically aligned so the sun rises through an opening between the first and last poles on the summer solstice.

Five Points

A large grayscale portrait of an Asian woman in a kimono surrounded by cherry blossoms, with a pop of red from her garment. Executed with remarkable freehand spray-can precision at 28th and Larimer in RiNo.

Wash Park

A marble sculpture depicting three children from Eugene Field's poem 'Dutch Lullaby' sailing in a wooden shoe-shaped boat through carved water. Wynken sits at the front holding a paddle, Blynken clasps his neck, and baby Nod rests at the rear.